And we have never seen a sign showing that ours
ever lived. There is something wrong--something unaccounted
for--something that we have not been permitted to know!"
"David, dear, dear David!"
"I have always believed it--ever since I have been able to think. As
soon as I am old enough to speak like a man, I mean to demand the truth
from Philip Alston!"
She dropped his hand and drew away from him with a look of wondering
distress. It was the one thing over which they had ever disagreed.
"You must never again say anything of that kind to me, David," she said
firmly. "I beg that you will never say it to any one, never even think
it. For in thinking it, let alone saying it, you are not only unjust,
but ungrateful. What possible object could Philip Alston have in
concealing anything that he might know about you and me? Hasn't he
always been our best friend?"
And then the quick anger which had flashed out of her loyalty turned to
gentle pleading.
"I can't bear a word said against him, dear. And it grieves me to see
you making yourself unhappy over such useless brooding.
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